Best Salty-Sweet Brownies

I’ve been saying for years that using Galilee Green Extra Virgin Olive Oil in baking, can take a delicious recipe to a whole new level of flavor. (Just checkout our carrot cake recipe to see what I mean)

Try Our Carrot Cake too!

It’s hard to convince people who haven’t tasted Galilee Green, that there is an olive oil that will bring important nutrients to a sweet treat as well as enhancing the flavor –  and not overpowering it.

So imagine my surprise when my friend called the other day to tell me she was convinced! She had just made a brownie recipe with sea salt and Galilee Green Olive Oil and she said they were some of the richest most flavorful brownies she’s ever tasted.

Told you!

Best Salty Sweet Brownies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Galilee Green Olive Oil (GGOO)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoons hot water
• 1 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• pinch of sea salt to sprinkle on the brownies (optional)
• topping – ¼ cup crushed cashews or walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line an 8 inch by 8 inch baking pan with baking paper
2. In a large bowl, mix GGOO and sugar
3. Stir in eggs
4. Stir in cocoa powder, flour and salt and mix until smooth
5. Dissolve baking soda into hot water in a measuring cup then stir vanilla into the measuring cup
6. Add liquid to flour/cocoa mixture
7. Stir in chocolate chips
8. Pour batter into lined baking dish sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt (optional) and/or crushed nuts (optional) and bake until knife put into center comes out clean. Approximately 35 minutes.